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Iam sure no one has ever watched the news so intently, as much as we did in the past one week!!

The terror attack or whatever you call it, has surely shaken us all up. Imagine being stuck in your room in one of the most prestigious hotels in the country, hearing gun shots and grenade attacks, not knowing where to go or what to do. When you don't know whats awaiting you on the other side of the door, whether its the person who is going to shoot in the chest or save you from the bullets.

Last night I was watching a debate on NDTV, on the panel they had known faces from every field. The audience had survivors from the attack, and trust me each of them had such moving stories to tell.

Everyone whom I know, knows someone who was there during the attacks.

The newspapers, news channels, fm channels, facebook status' cant seem to get over this whole incident (thankfully) and are trying in some way or the other to not let this pass as just another thing that happened in Mumbai.

What's most ridiculous is the way some politicians have come out and made the most heartening statements. The Home Minister (state) got one dialogue straight out of the famous Bollywood movie, little did he know that this is no time to talk like King Khan.

Out of the many questions on every single Mumbaikar's mind is "where were the Thackeray's?"

The few politicians that did manage to come and show face didn't get a warm welcome either.

In fact even on the NDTV show yesterday with Barkha Dutt, none of the politicians were even ready to have a video conference and face a couple of questions from the audience, the only person who dared to come on the show was the Congress spokesperson who ended the show by calling the audience Hostile.

During those 3 days I remember getting up every morning and asking my dad to put on the news and tell me if it was over, coz if it wasn't then it meant yet another day off at work. It felt like I was checking the score during an Indo- Pak 5 day test series.

We did manage to come to work on Friday and trust me it wasn't quite a memorable day.

Half way through the day we got frantic calls saying that the terrorist's were out on the road in a white car shooting anyone and everyone in sight. None of us in office knew what to do, whether we should choose to stay back in office (not that we could concentrate) or get back home ASAP. Every time the door of the office opened it sent shivers down my back bone.

There have been innumerable candle marches and Peace rallies, but lets face it, what beyond all of this?? What are we going to do to change the F**ed up system governing our country. The celebrities on the show thought that not paying Taxes would surely change the way things are and the Financial Capital would be taken a little more seriously, after all we contribute 45% to the total tax of the country. But did we forget that not paying taxes would mean that we would have to pay a fine which is 100% your tax amount. So we would land up paying double the amount, so at that rate we would contribute 90% to the total tax payment of the country.

Mumbai's helplessness is as also known as the city's Resilience.

Its not the spirit of the city but a bout of Collective Amnesia.

I hope things do change and life does become a little safer for us to stay without the fear of being shot while walking on the streets of a city that "Never Sleeps."

I have always wanted to go to the Taj, but never managed to, I hope Mr Ratan Tata does restore it back to its old heritage structure which will have alot more stories to tell now.